by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Dec 3, 2015 | Amino Acid Therapy, Trichotillomania research
One of the most confusing aspects of using amino acid therapy in a clinical setting is the proper use of urinary testing to determine how to adjust amino acid dosing. There is misinformation everywhere. Here I will try and convey, in as simple terms as possible, what...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jun 24, 2014 | Amino Acid Therapy
There is probably no other area that has people more confused in regards to amino acid therapy than the testing used to determine a person’s unique amino acid needs. There are many tests out there claiming to test your “neurotransmitter levels” via a urine or blood...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Apr 17, 2014 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I received an interesting email the other day that highlighted some of the misconceptions about using amino acid therapy, so I thought I would share it with you. The author, we’ll call her Jane, was explaining to me how she had “experimented with amino acid therapy...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 7, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
I spoke with the mother of a young girl with trich yesterday. This young woman, we’ll call her Beth, had been working with us for 9 months to try and eliminate her urges to pull. She had seen success within a couple months of starting amino acid therapy, but the urges...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Nov 15, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania research
Many times, the urges to pull that are associated with trichotillomania can be completely eliminated in a very straightforward manner. We adjust a person’s amino acid levels based on their symptoms and they wake up one morning with no urge to pull. These cases are...
